Wallace orders Swift to halt unfair meat sales tactics
Secretary Wallace, citing violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act, ordered Swift and Co. to stop discriminatory discounts and deceptive sale practices. The action covers the firm nationwide though hearings concentrated on New York area operations. The seven year probe followed hearings concluded last March. The June 1 order targets irregular discounts, unequal weights, and variable credit terms across regions including New England New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey with findings focused on New York City area.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Swift and Company
Chicago
Wallace
New York
Swift and Co
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York City
Miss Nora Nelson dies of heart attack in office
Miss Nora Nelson longtime Cedar Rapids real estate employee for 38 years died suddenly of a heart attack at 8 20 a m Friday in her office She was a prominent business woman active in the Business and Professional Women's club Town Hall and Newcomers club She worked on preparations for next season with Grace Boston at Ridgeway drive home of Mr and Mrs GC Barnes continued on page 2 column 4.
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Cedar Rapids
Nora Nelson
Malcolm V. Bolton Real Estate Company
Europe
Business and Professional Women's Club
Town Hall and Newcomers Club
Grace Boston
GC. M. Barnes
Ridgeway Drive
Archbold Squadron Reaches Honolulu on Transpacific Flight
Richard Archbold and five explorers arrived in Honolulu in a 14 ton airboat completing the first lap of a 6284 mile transpacific flight from San Diego to Dutch New Guinea. They planned to fly from Wake Island to uncharted air routes toward Hollandia and Archbold would remain two years to collect jungle specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
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Honolulu
T. H
Richard Archbold
San Diego
Dutch New Guinea
Archblold
Wake Island
Hollandia
Dutch East Guinea
Archbold
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Solitaire Heist Reported In Oakland Tavern
William Bauman told police a gunman robbed him of $1,700 while he played solitaire in a room above his tavern. The thief fled after taking cash leaving the deck of cards behind.
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Oakland
Calif
William Bauman
Bridan
Bauman
St Luke's hospital drive nets 177000 for funding
St Luke's hospital officials announced the intensified campaign closed with 177000 in subscriptions. About 62000 is not immediately available for debt payments due to estate notes annuities and expenses. The board will continue the drive as conditions allow.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Roosevelt Hotel
Morris Sanford
Mr. Sanford
Upper Iowa
Herring votes absentee for Gillette in Iowa primary
Senator Clyde Herring of Iowa disclosed he cast an absentee ballot for fellow Democrat Guy Gillette in the June 6 primary. He said he would participate only as a voter and not in the campaign, while Gillette faces rival Otha Wearin for the nomination.
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Washington
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Guy Gillette
Herring
Gillette
Otha Wearin
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Wearin
United States
Marriage Shocks World As Schuschnigg Weds Countess
Vienna report states former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg wed Vera Fugger von Babenhausen in a private Vienna chapel. His brother stood in as mioxy while Kurt remained detained by Nazi authorities since Austria was annexed. The 40 year old widower and the countess, mother of four, were said to have an annulment.
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Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Vera Fugger von
Babenhausen
Mioxy
Dominican
Arthur Schuschnigg
Germany
Schuschnigg
Senator Tydings Accuses Federal Lawyers of Bias
Senator Tydings charges high salaried federal lawyers spend most of their time trying to defeat members of Congress who do not align with their political philosophy. He spoke in the Senate on Thursday night in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Tydings
Maryland
Senate
Congress
Douglas reveals round table plan for SEC and NYSE cooperation
William O. Douglas, SEC chairman, outlined a broad plan for cooperative round table discussions with the New York Stock Exchange. He said weekly meetings may replace crackdowns, with a general agenda of unfinished business and no need for new laws. He cited a recapitalization idea to reduce over 432 million dollars of unpaid preferred dividends in power groups.
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New York
William O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Sec-Stock Exchange
Martin
William Martin
The
Douglas
Reed Heads GOP Study For Audit Of New Deal
Dr Thomas H Reed of New York was named director of studies for the Republican program committee audit of New Deal policies. He leaves his post at the National Municipal League to gather material to evaluate the Roosevelt administration and shape proposed party policy.
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Thomas Reed
Chicago
Glenn Frank
Republican Program Committee
Thomas H. Reed
New York
Reed
National Municipal League
Roosevelt
Life Boat Language Lesson as Patriot Finances
Arthur Baer notes a dull week of official correspondence and urges Americans to invest at home, warning about property loss abroad. He quips about Marie Antoinette and cautions that a life boat is no place to learn a new language.
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P.S
The Wishing Well Hat of The Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Wishing Well features a daily fortune game starting Monday June 6 in The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Presented as a numerical purse, the game offers a fresh message each day and is designed to be quick and engaging for readers.
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The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Loosing the Dead to Live in Memory
A 1938 meditation on release from sorrow by viewing friends as living in memory. The author recalls a country preacher who taught a text about freeing the departed, warning against clinging to the past. A Dickens tale illustrates the same lesson of letting go to let love endure.
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Jesus
Lazarus
Dickens
U S Opposes Bombing Civilians in China and Spain
The United States Expresses emphatic reprobation of civilian bombings in China and Spain after a Roosevelt Welles conference. The statement cites earlier Hull notes and clarifies it was issued independently from Britain or Japan. London reports Britain protests to Japanese and Spanish nationalist governments over airstrikes on civilian centers.
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Washington
United States
China
Spain
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
State Department
Hull
Welles
Great Britain
France
London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Robert Craigie
Tokio
Robert Hodgson
Mercury Tumbles As More Rain Comes
Cedar Rapids saw sharp temperature drops as dark clouds moved in. Readings shifted from 82 degrees at 11:30 a.m. to 74 at 1:30 p.m and 67 at 2:45 p.m, with rain expected to continue into the afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Treasury reports smallest deficit since 1931 despite spending rise
Washington AP Treasury officials say the fiscal year closing this month will show the smallest post 1931 deficit. Preliminary figures place the deficit at about 1.41 billion dollars, with taxes and social security contributing to revenue. next year’s budget envisions a surge in public works and pump priming.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Unexplained Killing Of Priest and Assault At Rectory
In Centralia on a May night, Father Charles Emig 65 was shot during a struggle with one of two men who entered the rectory after a car ride with housekeeper Martha Rice 30. A gray cap near the scene is the sole clue. the priest’s wallet with $10 remained in his pocket as state and county officers investigate.
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Centralia
May
Charles Emig
Martha Rice
Housing fund boosted in spending bill with 300 million add
The Senate approved a 300 million dollar housing authorization amendment to Roosevelt's recovery bill led by Senate Majority Leader Barkley. Sponsored by Senator Wagner, the move raises U S housing authority slum clearance and low cost housing funding from 500 million to 800 million. The measure, tied to relief plans, allows deferment of project costs and subsidies while countered by opposition from anti administration Democrats.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
U. S. Housing Authority
Congress
House
Wagner
House Banking and Currency Committee
Sam Rayburn
John G. Townset del
Federal Reserve Board
Ater Logan
Kentucky
New Deal
Man Homecoming for Wheelchair Patient Spurs Ramp Build
Tom Denton spent over twenty months in St Luke's Hospital after a September 29, 1936 accident that fractured both legs. Neighbors gathered at 701 Ely’s Avenue SW to welcome him home as linemen built a porch ramp. A hospital fracture bed and a specialized wheelchair were loaned or arranged to ease his recovery.
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Joe McCormick
Tom Denton
Tom
St. Luke's Hospital
Denton
Elys Avenue
Ray Swem
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Swem
A. B. Hird
Ouster action against Cedar County officials dismissed
Judge W. W. Scott dismissed ouster proceedings against four Cedar County board members Fred G. Daut Louis Hansen G D Goldsmith and John P Jensen and ordered them reinstated in office The state may appeal assistant county attorney J C France said The trial began May 16 with twelve witnesses testifying and the county feud dating to the so called cow war.
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Tipton
W. W. Scott
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
J. C. France
Fred G. Daut
Louis Hansen
G. D. Goldsmith
John P. Jensen
Scott
Police Meet as Citizens Direct Arson Probe
Authorities convene with residents amid an arson inquiry after a fire blaze in the city. Investigators pursue leads and coordinate with local agencies to determine cause and responsibility.
Chance for Lillian Camp Good Health Fund Efforts
A Cedar Rapids child named Lillian faces a run down illness and poor living conditions. Community groups and unions donate to support the health fund and schooling, totaling $5.00 to $24.05 from various organizations including Cedar Rapids Typographical Union and United Production Workers Local 453. The note mentions school closing next Wednesday and the struggle to improve grades despite effort.
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Cedar Rapids
Writer sues Paramount for ten million over Plainsman plot
John Hopper a West Point graduate and WPA worker sues Paramount Pictures for 10 million claiming the studio stole the plot of The Plainsman from one of his pulp magazine stories. The Chicago filing names Paramount Pictures Inc. as defendant and seeks damages.
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Chicago
INS
John Hopper
West Point
WPA
Friday
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Motion Picture
Divers seek body of kidnapped James Cash Jr in Florida swamp
Divers probed a rock pit 40 miles south of Princeton Florida for the body of kidnapped James Bailey Cash Jr after a clue from a local resident. Federal agents cordoned the swamp between Overseas Highway and the ocean as Hoover boosted staff and naval flyers helped in a widening search. Four Jersey City residents questioned were cleared after proving Yonkers NY residence. Campbell brothers questioned earlier were released. Braxton and Bayard still detained amid ongoing investigations.
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Princeton
Fla
Here
James Bailey Cash, Jr
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Naval
Hoover
Miami
Jengt
Jersey City
N. J
Florida
Yonkers
Willard Campbell
John Campbell
G-men
Mexican president orders reopening of churches in Tabasco
President Lazaro M. Cardenas ordered authorities in Tabasco to permit church reopenings ending years of religious oppression. He decreed full religious liberty for all creeds and ordered Catholic churches to resume Mass. A broader return of religious freedom in other states was signaled.
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Jexico City
INS
Tabasco
Lazaru M. Cardenas
Cardenas
Government Drops War Profits Suit Against Bethlehem Steel
The federal government dismisses a $25,316,010 extortionate war profits suit against Bethlehem Steel Corp and five subsidiaries in Philadelphia. Judge Oliver B. Dickinson ruled the case on Friday.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Oliver B. Dickinson
Recession Pushes Americans Back To Farm Life
Census Director William L. Austin said the recession is driving people from city life to farming. A January survey found one in nine farms now houses about three former city residents.
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Washington
William L. Austin
Gazette Vacation Mail Service Instructions
The Cedar Rapids Gazette offers vacation mail service. Readers can contact the circulation department or inform their carrier to have the newspaper mailed to a vacation address while away.
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Cedar Rapids
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